"Perhaps most likely to raise some eyebrows is that Ubuntu 13.04 will let users purchase music or apps directly from the desktop Dash, without having to open a browser or a separate client." That's going to go down well.

Canonical is the only thing holding Linux UP at the moment, and Canonical are the people who brought Linux mainstream as a Microsoft alternative.

So they do some things wrong, OK, lets work together and fix it; that's what Open Source is about. Coming into a thread and wishing their death, is the same as wishing for the death of Linux. It shows what side you're really on, and it's not Linux.